Definition of Strigils. Meaning of Strigils. Synonyms of Strigils

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Definition of Strigils

Strigil
Strigil Strig"il, n. [L. strigilis, from stringere to graze, scrape.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.

Meaning of Strigils from wikipedia

- it to symbolize strigils. One source offers an alternative portrayal of strigils, "a secondary meaning for the word stlengis, strigil, is wreath or tiara...
- Museum, Princeton University. pp. 36–48. Boardman, John. "Sickles and Strigils". The Journal of ****enic Studies: 136–137. Milne 1907, p. 39-40. Milne...
- bring a capsarius, a slave that carried his master's towels, oils, and strigils to the baths and then watched over them once in the baths, as thieves and...
- a toilet kit that consisted of anointing oils, perfume, a sponge, and strigils (curved metal instruments used to s****e oil, sweat, and dirt from the...
- s****ing and cleaning the skin, which consists of an aryballos and two strigils linked together by chains and a hoop for hanging on the wall. There were...
- "because the s****ings, which the Argonauts formed when they used their strigils, became congealed, the pebbles on the s**** remain variegated still to...
- Two Roman strigils (s****ers for body cleansing with sand and oil) in bronze. One has a name on the handle, the other is decorated with a grotesque mask...
- olive oil to their masters' bodies, which was then s****ed off with a strigil, a s****er made of wood or bone. Roman bath-houses were also provided for...
- graphic device appears on a mosaic: a phallic oil can is surrounded by strigils in the shape of female genitalia, juxtaposed with an "Ethiopian" water-bearer...
- Press. ISBN 0-7914-3042-1. Butler, Margaret Erwin (2008). Of Swords and Strigils: Social Change in Ancient Macedon. Stanford, CA: Stanford University. Cartledge...